Thank you! I pretty much look at it in a lesbian way.
I definitely do as well. She has such a nice butt. I can't help it.
Thank you! I pretty much look at it in a lesbian way.
I usually do my makeout/foreplay scenes pretty graphic and skip right over the sex. I'm kinda with Shady. I don't write the sex not because I find it uncomfortable to write, but just because it gets boring. Lol.
"And then the penis..." like, yawn.
If you're sex and it is boring to write (and presumably to read), then either you're doing it wrong (and I really doubt it's that, due to the what with all of how talented you all are) or it is not important to the plot or character development in its mechanics.
I swear to God, I'm going to use that for a title for one of my erotica novels. And I will dedicate it to you.
(Incidentally, I write erotica and try very hard not to make my sex scenes boring and clinical.)
If you do title it that, you are a god.
Also, one tidbit I picked up with my book, is that anytime there is sex (unless it is essential to the plot that there be no protection) ALWAYS mention condoms. Which goes for the accountablity wandergirl mentioned.
Here's some of my fave YA sex scenes(ones I thought were written well)
I disagree -- if it matters to the story whether or not they used protection, then mention it, otherwise, it's irrelevant. Saying you have to mention condoms to be "accountable" to the readers is like saying you should always mention gun safety when the characters use a gun.
(Now, if you have a story where everyone is screwing like rabbits, nobody ever uses protection, and nobody ever gets pregnant or an STD, your readers might raise their eyebrows and say "WTF?", but I don't think every sex scene needs to be a lesson in safe sex.)
Okay, as for the whole condom usage discussion, yeah, protection is very important. BUT YAs don't want to feel like they're being lectured to while reading a book.
An unprotected sex scene in a novel isn't going to make us go screw without protection. It just isn't. And I doubt readers will even notice if there isn't anything said about a condom anyway. I never read a sex scene a think, "uh, no condom! shame, shame." Just my thoughts.
I also think this goes with the story; sometimes condom usage is necessary, sometimes it isn't depending on what's actually going on in the story.
I don't think anyone wants to be lectured to. But I know that in some adult fiction, there can be lots of sex and the issue of birth control/protection never gets mentioned at all. I guess one is just supposed to assume someone put their nuvaring in, but I can understand the accountability part of not making it "assumed" in YA. Either say they used protection or that they didn't...whichever is relevant to the story/characters. But don't portray that fake world of sterile-non-babymaking booty calls.
It's tempting. Very tempting. It wouldn't be the first time I'd written something on a dare, but it would definitely be the first time I titled something on a dare...
Hmm...*strokes chinbeard*...
I think the condoms thing is ridiculous. Do you specifically mention them buckling their seatbelts every time they get in a car?
But, Shady, didn't you say the brother says "That was stupid"? I feel like that's enough. Just ONE PERSON saying "You didn't, that was dumb" counts for accountability Even if no one gets pregnant or catches an STD. I still consider that being accountable.
He half-cough half-laughs into his fist, then studies me. “Are you okay?”
I squint. “What?”
“You’re fifteen.”
“Practically sixteen. And how old were you your first time?”
“Uh, eighteen.”
“Jesus, Noah, seriously?”
“Last summer. Melinda was my first. And only.”
I feel suddenly even worse than before, which I hadn’t thought was possible, but Noah’s just scrubbing at his hair and laughing. “Man, at this rate, we better pick up some condoms for Gideon.” He raises an eyebrow. “You did use a condom, yeah?”
“Not exactly.”
He throws a pillow at me.
“I, um, really don’t think there was much pregnancy risk, given—”
“You failed to uphold your duties as a time-sensitive male? Aw, a little impatient?”